The top eight in the BIG

[Bugeaters1]

Indiana has

02/20/18	at Minnesota		8:00 PM
02/24/18	at Iowa		12:00 PM

 Iowa has

02/21/18	at Rutgers		7:00 PM
02/24/18	INDIANA		12:00 PM

 Maryland has

02/22/18	at Michigan		6:00 PM
02/25/18	NEBRASKA		12:00 PM

 Michigan has 

02/22/18

MARYLAND

6:00 PM

 Minnesota has

02/20/18	INDIANA		8:00 PM
02/25/18	at Illinois		3:00 PM

 Nebraska has

02/22/18	PENN STATE		8:00 PM
02/25/18	at Maryland		12:00 PM

 

Ohio State has

02/21/18	NORTHWESTERN		7:00 PM
02/25/18	at Penn State		12:00 PM

Purdue has

02/21/18	ILLINOIS		7:00 PM
02/24/18	MICHIGAN STATE		2:00 PM

 My take on the remaining games that have to be played OSU has the easiest path to win out.and with the way Minnesota is playing right now, I'd put them as second easiest to win out. Maryland will probably will win out as well but could split the last two. Nebraska, Iowa, Purdue could all go 1-1 in their last two games.And I see Michigan lossing to Maryland, but the game is in Ann Arbor. What does everyone else think.

 

 

[redsteve]

Yes, agree........... OSU has the easiest schedule remaining. ...and maybe Minn is right in there too.
 

The rest including us, have one "easier" game, and one tougher game left...in general terms. 

 

May not change the league standings much...but could very well change some teams prospects for the big dance.  We'll see how it shakes out. 

 

No matter where we end up,  I'm still astounded how far we've come. 

[HUD]

I think it's such a crap shoot at this stage of the season that it's hard to predict.  If we just end up in the top 4 that is one hell of an accomplishment.  At least a year ahead of what I thought would be possible.

[Red Don]

With Purdue and now Minnesota showing that Maryland can be beat; I rather like our chances to pull an upset here!  

[Bugeaters1]

15 minutes ago, Red Don said:

With Purdue and now Minnesota showing that Maryland can be beat; I rather like our chances to pull an upset here!  

Huskers will have to rebound better than they did the first time around, to do so.

[whoopdeedoo]

8 hours ago, Red Don said:

With Purdue and now Minnesota showing that Maryland can be beat; I rather like our chances to pull an upset here!  

 

with some pretty darn good talent coming in next season, this may the year maryland is ripe for the taking in the BTT. having said that, it wouldn't surprise me if maryland "finds themselves" come tournament time. they are still a very good team.

[Tinpanalley]

Indiana beats Minnesota at Minnesota. Puts us in the top 4 even with one more loss. Lady Huskers need to be focused and beat Penn State.  GBR

[Bugeaters1]

11 minutes ago, Tinpanalley said:

Indiana beats Minnesota at Minnesota. Puts us in the top 4 even with one more loss. Lady Huskers need to be focused and beat Penn State.  GBR

Watched it on the laptop while watching the Huskers beat Indiana. Buss had 37 i think.

[Tinpanalley]

If Iowa and Minnesota win out and we lose one game, all three teams will finish tied for third. We should have tie breaker over both teams and thus finish third. Iowa and Minnesota split their 2 games. Does any one know how the fourth seed will be determined?

[Bugeaters1]

4 minutes ago, Tinpanalley said:

If Iowa and Minnesota win out and we lose one game, all three teams will finish tied for third. We should have tie breaker over both teams and thus finish third. Iowa and Minnesota split their 2 games. Does any one know how the fourth seed will be determined?

I think it would go to head to head with the rest of the league. But not sure.

[mwm89]

20 minutes ago, Tinpanalley said:

Indiana beats Minnesota at Minnesota. Puts us in the top 4 even with one more loss. Lady Huskers need to be focused and beat Penn State.  GBR

Quite impressive for the Hoosiers.  Will be interesting to see how they fare in the B1G Tourney.  I heard they only play 7 and without any time between games like in the reg. season, it's a good chance that would affect them if they advance.  Could certainly play spoiler, though, if they win their first game.

[Bugeaters1]

1 minute ago, mwm89 said:

Quite impressive for the Hoosiers.  Will be interesting to see how they fare in the B1G Tourney.  I heard they only play 7 and without any time between games like in the reg. season, it's a good chance that would affect them if they advance.  Could certainly play spoiler, though, if they win their first game.

 Yeah with Buss playing almost 40 and Cahill at around 37 minutes i think.

[whoopdeedoo]

4 minutes ago, mwm89 said:

Quite impressive for the Hoosiers.  Will be interesting to see how they fare in the B1G Tourney.  I heard they only play 7 and without any time between games like in the reg. season, it's a good chance that would affect them if they advance.  Could certainly play spoiler, though, if they win their first game.

no doubt, indiana started out 1-6 in the conference. 

 

one off bugs, buss ended up with 36. cahill had 10.

Edited February 21, 2018 by whoopdeedoo

[Bugeaters1]

Maryland and OSU are both 11-3, we are 10-4, Minny is at 10-5, Iowa is 9-5, Indiana and Michigan come in at 9-6. It will be an interesting last week.

Edited February 21, 2018 by Bugeaters1

[Bugeaters1]

3 minutes ago, whoopdeedoo said:

no doubt, indiana started out 1-6 in the conference. 

 

one off bugs, buss ended up with 36. cahill had 10.

Okay, Ijust heard them say that she almost had made her career high when she was shooting FT's

[whoopdeedoo]

IF the standings finish like this:

Big 10 Standings

1. Maryland (13 - 3) Defeated Ohio State based on head-to-head record.
2. Ohio State (13 - 3) Lost to Maryland based on head-to-head record.
3. Nebraska (11 - 5) Defeated Minnesota and Iowa based on round-robin record.
4. Minnesota (11 - 5) Defeated Iowa and lost to Nebraska based on round-robin record.
5. Iowa (11 - 5) Lost to Nebraska and Minnesota based on round-robin record.
6. Indiana (9 - 7) Defeated Michigan and Purdue based on round-robin record.
7. Michigan (9 - 7) Defeated Purdue and lost to Indiana based on round-robin record.
8. Purdue (9 - 7) Lost to Indiana and Michigan based on round-robin record.
9. Rutgers (8 - 8) 
10. Michigan State (7 - 9) 
11. Penn State (6 - 10) 
12. Northwestern (3 - 13) 
13. Wisconsin (2 - 14) 
14. Illinois (0 - 16) 

 

[whoopdeedoo]

just finished reading an article about the indiana-minny game. hubbard sat the game out with a temp of 100. pitts started out wearing a knee brace in warm ups but kept fiddling with it and decided to take it off. 

[Bugeaters1]

4 minutes ago, whoopdeedoo said:

IF the standings finish like this:

Big 10 Standings

1. Maryland (13 - 3) Defeated Ohio State based on head-to-head record.
2. Ohio State (13 - 3) Lost to Maryland based on head-to-head record.
3. Nebraska (11 - 5) Defeated Minnesota and Iowa based on round-robin record.
4. Minnesota (11 - 5) Defeated Iowa and lost to Nebraska based on round-robin record.
5. Iowa (11 - 5) Lost to Nebraska and Minnesota based on round-robin record.
6. Indiana (9 - 7) Defeated Michigan and Purdue based on round-robin record.
7. Michigan (9 - 7) Defeated Purdue and lost to Indiana based on round-robin record.
8. Purdue (9 - 7) Lost to Indiana and Michigan based on round-robin record.
9. Rutgers (8 - 8) 
10. Michigan State (7 - 9) 
11. Penn State (6 - 10) 
12. Northwestern (3 - 13) 
13. Wisconsin (2 - 14) 
14. Illinois (0 - 16) 

 

Thats tough to go 0-16, Rutgers needs to find some kids that can shoot, and not play street ball all of the time.Man did Michigan fall flat on their face but will still get in the tourney though.

 

[Bugeaters1]

Sounds like the Brown girl for Mich. is done for the year as well.

 

[Tinpanalley]

49 minutes ago, whoopdeedoo said:

IF the standings finish like this:

Big 10 Standings

1. Maryland (13 - 3) Defeated Ohio State based on head-to-head record.
2. Ohio State (13 - 3) Lost to Maryland based on head-to-head record.
3. Nebraska (11 - 5) Defeated Minnesota and Iowa based on round-robin record.
4. Minnesota (11 - 5) Defeated Iowa and lost to Nebraska based on round-robin record.
5. Iowa (11 - 5) Lost to Nebraska and Minnesota based on round-robin record.
6. Indiana (9 - 7) Defeated Michigan and Purdue based on round-robin record.
7. Michigan (9 - 7) Defeated Purdue and lost to Indiana based on round-robin record.
8. Purdue (9 - 7) Lost to Indiana and Michigan based on round-robin record.
9. Rutgers (8 - 8) 
10. Michigan State (7 - 9) 
11. Penn State (6 - 10) 
12. Northwestern (3 - 13) 
13. Wisconsin (2 - 14) 
14. Illinois (0 - 16) 

 

Iowa and Minnesota played twice with each team winning one. 

[whoopdeedoo]

huh........indiana had 23 turnovers, 18 of them were steals by minnesota. normally, not a good recipe for trying to pull a 'w' out at williams arena. minnesota had a bad shooting night. only second loss at williams this season. guess one could say minny still had that "big game hangover". 

[Bugeaters1]

Rutgers blows a 9 pt lead with 3 minutes to go and gets beat by ten in OT. what a choke job by Rutgers.

[Tinpanalley]

On 2/20/2018 at 11:44 PM, Tinpanalley said:

If Iowa and Minnesota win out and we lose one game, all three teams will finish tied for third. We should have tie breaker over both teams and thus finish third. Iowa and Minnesota split their 2 games. Does any one know how the fourth seed will be determined?

The tie breaker rules to determine seeds for Big Ten tournament 

http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/022018aad.html

[Tinpanalley]

Tie breaker will be interesting. Iowa beat Ohio State and Minnesota beat Maryland. Both lost to Nebraska. If Ohio State and Maryland finish tied for first and Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota finish tied for second, calculation on seeds gets a little challenging 

 

glad and to see points scored against opponents is not used thus reducing desire to run up the score up 

Edited February 22, 2018 by Tinpanalley

[whoopdeedoo]

like it states above:

if nebraska, minnesota, and iowa all finish 11-5:

1. maryland

2. osu

3. huskers

4. minnesota